Clash Issue 72 Sleigh Bells

We unravel the dark past of our cover stars, Sleigh Bells. Having emerged from a fraught, emotional and vulnerable trauma, Derek Miller and Alison Krauss are fighting back with unfaltering enthusiasm.

Elsewhere, Clash reveals the association between ex-Beatle John Lennon and the Black Power movement, which resulted in his most militantly astute album, and an appearance on prime time TV with his friend, the chairman of the Black Panther Party.